Metropolitan see Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Archdiocese of Kisangani
Kisanganien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in Tshopo Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, established in 1904 as the Apostolic Prefecture of Stanley Falls, promoted to Metropolitan Archdiocese of Stanleyville on 10 November 1959, and renamed Kisangani on 30 May 1966. Its cathedral is Notre-Dame du Rosaire in Kisangani. Suffragans: Bondo, Bunia, Buta, Doruma-Dungu, Isangi, Isiro-Niangara, Mahagi-Nioka, and Wamba.
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- Established
- 1966
- Catholics
- 959,340
- Priests
- 120
- Territory
- 150,123 km²
Parishes and churches
36 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Cathédrale Notre Dame du Saint RosaireTown not recorded · CathedralView parish
- Bienheureuse Anuarité / PlateauTown not recordedView parish
- Christ-Roi / MangoboTown not recordedView parish
- Immaculée Conception de Basoko (1902)Town not recordedView parish
- Malkia wa MashahidiTown not recordedView parish
- Notre-Dame Consolatrice des Affligés de BengamisaTown not recordedView parish
- Notre-Dame de l’Assomption (1936)Town not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Jean de Lowa à 250 km de KisanganiTown not recordedView parish
- Paroisse Saint-Pie X d’Opienge à 350 km de KisanganiTown not recordedView parish
- Regina Mundi / MogbamboliTown not recordedView parish
- Sacré-Cœur de Yangambi (1962)Town not recordedView parish
- Sacré-Cœur de Yanonge (1902)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint Esprit / Aumônerie UniversitaireTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Gabriel / Simi SimiTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Joseph / BatamaTown not recordedView parish
- Saint Paul / KibibiTown not recordedView parish
- Saint- Joseph Artisan Yatolema Km 90Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Alphonse (Km 90 Route Lubutu -Babingi)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Antoine (Km 25 Route Ubundu-Biaro)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Camille (1953)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Jean l’Evangéliste à LowaTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Joseph Artisan (1955)Town not recordedView parish
- Saint-Joseph Artisan de Ngazi WekoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Joseph, Epoux de Marie à UbunduTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Laurent LotokilaTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Nicolas de YalekoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Pie X d’OpiengeTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Pierre MongandjoTown not recordedView parish
- Saint-Sacrement (1963)Town not recordedView parish
- Sainte Marthe / LubungaTown not recordedView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Marcel Utembi Tapa
- Born
- 7 January 1959
- Birthplace
- Luma
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The cathedral
Cathedrale Notre-Dame du Rosaire stands in Kisangani, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
Kisangani holds the Metropolitan See of its own ecclesiastical province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kisangani (Latin: Kisanganien(sis)).